[Lowfer] 153 khz

Dexter McIntyre W4DEX dexter.mc at gmail.com
Fri Apr 3 16:21:52 EDT 2015


Steve Dove wrote:
> Hi Dex,
>
> Long time no!  Just spelunked through a bunch of snapshots from last 
> night/today.
>
> I had two signals at 153, one significantly bigger than the other, and 
> about 160mHz lower.  Three things:
> 1) None of the usual EU Longwave suspects were as strong as this, 
> being comparable to the lesser signal,
> 2) The weaker signal winked out when it was supposed to at dawn, and
> 3) The biggie, although much weaker and wafting in and out, is still 
> there even now (mid-afternoon).
>
> I don't know what it is, other than not Algerian.
Steve,

So the mystery continues.  I haven't calibrated to make an exact 
frequency measurement but I also see a slight difference between the two 
signals.  Algeria is the strongest signal here.  If I understand what 
you said you see the opposite?  I've adjusted the SpecLab plot to show a 
full day:

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/15095569/w4dex/grabber.jpg

Thanks for your input.

Dex


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